Door-stop.



E. VANONI.

DOOR STOP.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT.29,1909.

Patented May 10,1910.

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"PATENT? @FFEQ EDWARD VANONI, OF LOYALTON, CALIFORNIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD VANONI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loyalton, in the county of Sierra and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Stops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 5 to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in door stops and my object is to provide a spring pressed device which is adapted to direct pressure against the floor and hold the door in its open position and a further object is to provide means for attaching the stop to the door.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a door, showing my improved stop applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the door showing a side view of the stop, and, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a slightly modified form of stop.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a door, which may be constructed in the usual or any preferred manner, to one edge of which is attached a plate 2, said plate being secured to the door by means of screws or the like 3, whereby said plate may be readily attached or removed from the door.

Attached to the plate 2 is my improved stop, which is constructed of two sections of wire 4, one end of each wire being attached to an eye 5 on the plate 2 said wire sections extending substantially horizontally from the eye, and being bent in their length to form loops or rings 6, which rings are formed by bending the wire in spiral form, the remainder of the wire above the rings being formed into springs 7 the upper ends of the springs being attached to the upper por- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 29, 1909.

tion of the plate 2 in any preferred manner.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Serial no. 525,276.

The wire sections 4 are pivotally secured to the eyes 5 and by directing the springs in such manner as to deliver downward pressure on the rings 6, said rings will rest at all times upon the floor surface and in view of the pressure of the springs thereon, the binding action of the rings on the floor surface will hold the door, under normal conditions, in its adjusted position.

The two sections of the stop are held separated from each other and maintained in a rigid condition by means of a brace S, which extends from one of the rings to the other and has its ends secured to said rings in any suitable manner.

By attaching the ends of the wires 4 to the eyes as shown and extending the springs 7 upwardly and at an incline, said springs will exert downward and outward pressure on the rings and said rings will remain in engagement with the floor surface at all times in view of the pivotal engagement of the wires 4 with the eyes.

Each section of the stop is made from a single piece of wire by which construction the device may be manufactured at a very nominal expense and instead of employing two sections of wire, the same may be produced from a single section of wire, in which instance the wire would be continued through the eyes instead of separated and attached to the eyes as now constructed.

hat I claim is: I

1. A door stop comprising wire sections, each wire section having a horizontal portion, an eye adapted to be applied to a door and having said horizontal portion attached thereto, said horizontal portion of said wire section being formed into a ring adapted to rest upon the floor, said wire section being extended from said ring upwardly and inwardly in the form of a spring, the upper end of said spring being adapted to be applied to the door, and means effecting connection between the rings.

2. A door stop comprising a plate adapted to be applied to a door, said plate being provided with eyes near its lower edge, and wire sections, each of said wire sections having a horizontal portion, one end being connected to an eye, the opposite end of said hori- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD VANONI.

Vitnesses:

J. D. CARTER,

O. THOMPSON. 

